Photos: Know your salmon species

Chum salmon
A medium-sized fish, chum has a delicate flavour w ith a creamy pink- to red-coloured flesh.
How to prepare: Try en papillote like coho, or baked on cedar shank with skin on. If using sashimi-grade “Keta” fish, you can serve carpaccio style to highlight texture and flavour.
Price: $4/lb. from Organic Ocean.

Chum salmon
A medium-sized fish, chum has a delicate flavour w ith a creamy pink- to red-coloured flesh.
How to prepare: Try en papillote like coho, or baked on cedar shank with skin on. If using sashimi-grade “Keta” fish, you can serve carpaccio style to highlight texture and flavour.
Price: $4/lb. from Organic Ocean.

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